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This summer, in addition to minions and dinosaurs and little voices inside a young girl's head, the multiplexes are full of movies that premiered months, even years ago at one of many different international film festivals. Such films often live two lives, one happier than the other. Why go to the time, trouble, carry-on baggage fees and heavy-lidded screening schedule of big international festival? As a critic fortunate enough to have covered a few, the answer's easy. Encountering something good, and occasionally great, ahead of the rest of the moviegoing universe is a pretty fantastic privilege. The largest European festivals, Cannes and Berlin and Venice, set the table for the...

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